Did you Know?
October is Pedestrian Safety Month!
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/us-department-transportation-designates-october-national-pedestrian-safety-month (National Highway Safety Transportation Administration – a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation)
Did you know it is illegal to make a U-Turn in a school zone in New York State?
2022 New York Laws
VAT – Vehicle and Traffic
Title 7 – Rules of the Road
Article 28 – Turning and Starting and Signals on Stopping and Turning 1161 – U Turns in Certain Areas Prohibited.
§ 1161. U turns in certain areas prohibited. a. No motor vehicle shall make a U turn upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest of a grade, where such motor vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other motor vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet.
b. No motor vehicle shall make a U turn within a school zone. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term “school zone” shall mean the distance along a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway for which a school sign (S1-1) has been posted pursuant to this chapter and in compliance with the manual on uniform traffic control devices maintained pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of this chapter.
c. No altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a “stretch limousine” having a seating capacity of nine or more passengers including the driver shall make a U-turn upon any public highway or private road open to public motor vehicle traffic
New York City Vision Zero
https://www.nyc.gov/content/visionzero/pages/
Learn what the NYCDOT is doing to create safer streets for pedestrians and learn how you can do your part:
https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/pedestrians.shtml
